THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper London, England Friday, Jan. 22, 1943
Army Takes Over Posts In Solomons
Marines at Guadalcanal, In Combat Five Months, Are Given ResT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP)—
The United States Marines who knocked the Japs out of Henderson
Airfield and then waged a campaign
of elimination against enemy forces in the Guadalcanal jungle are headed
for a rest today after spending more time in battle than any other unit of
American troops in recent history. Under-Secretary of War Robert
Patterson disclosed today that Army ground troops have replaced the Marines
in the Solomons under command of Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch, who moved his
headquarters from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal.
The Marines who fought so long
and well in the Solomons are now getting a chance to rest." Mr. Patterson said.
Gen. Patch, who commanded the Army troops which landed at New Caledonia
last -year, relieved Maj. Gen. Alexander Vandergrift, of the Marines, not quite
a month ago, Mr. Patferson said.
Army There For Months
The Navy Department, announcing the change simultaneously, gave no indication
of what assignment would be given to Gen. Vandergrift, who has been in command
since the initial occupation of the position on the island.
The Marines have been operating jointly with Army troops in this area for
several months, during which period most of the Marines who made the original
landing on Guadalcanal were replaced by Army personnel," a Navy communique
said.
Allies Nearing Hills
Surrounding Tripoli;
City Pounded by Air
Quick Juncture With Axis in Tunisia, Rommel's Plan
By the Associated Press
Sweeping westward from Horns and northwest from Tarhuna, the
Eighth Army yesterday neared the hills surrounding Tripoli without a
pause in keeping its steady pressure on Rommel.
Under mounting air blows the Axis withdrawal was showing further signs
of disorganization, but there was yet no authoritative indication that
Tripoli it self was being evacuated, British military sources said.
While Gen. Montgomery's progress was eminently satisfactory, the sources warned
against " crystal gazing." Reports from other parts of Africa credited the British
with greater progress than they actually had made, it was pointed out. It was
emphasized that after Tripoli at least another 100 miles of fighting must be done
before the army could cross the border into Tunisia.
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Allies Hit Japs At 10 Points In Air Assault
Isolated Enemy Pockets On Sanananda Still Hold Out
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Jan. 21 (AP)—American and
Australian ground troops are hacking away at isolated enemy pockets of resistance
and had further reduced the enemy hold in the Sanananda sector of New
Guinea, while in the air the Allied bombers raided 10 enemy points.
Allied medium bombers attacked the jetty at Dobo. Three enemy float planes
attempted interception and one was probably destroyed. At Ambon, an
Allied heavy unit shot down an enemy fighter which was attempting interception.
An Allied medium unit bombed enemy localities at Lautem. Near Juijoto, in
Timor, five enemy fighters intercepted an Allied medium flight. One fighter was
damaged.
Reports from the Navy Department in Washington disclosed that on Jan. 19 an
air-striking group of U.S. planes .bombed
Jap positions at Munda, New Georgia Island. Results were not reported.
On Jan. 20 during the early morning Flying Fortresses and heavy bombers
scored one bomb hit on a Japanese destroyer off Cape Friendship at the most
easterly point of Bougainville island
Forts Attack Shipping
Red Offensive Gains On Vast Fronts
Soviets Capture Caucasus Prize, Important Rail Junction
MOSCOW, Jan. 21 (AP)—The Red Army's six major-scale offensives have
not slackened anywhere along the vast front, and although there was no specific
news today from the Leningrad-Volkhov sector, gains of from 10 to 20 miles and
a considerable penetration of the Ukraine supported the theory that the tempo of
the Soviet rushes was increasing rather than slowing dawn, despite the fact that
the Russians at some places were battling in deep defenses with reinforced troops.
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